False Confession: The Troubling Tale of Ryan Ferguson
In 2005, 20-year-old Ryan Ferguson was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He would spend nearly a decade in prison before finally being exonerated
Background
In November 2001, the town of Columbia, Missouri, was rocked by a brutal act of violence. The sports editor of the local newspaper had been found savagely beaten to death in the parking lot of his workplace.
